For the artistic and cultural elites of the West African nation of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory moment.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer is frustrated, claiming the DIA’s work is on hold until the Jacksonville City Council decides how the agency will operate.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO Lori Boyer could soon have her contract extended.

Downtown Investment Authority CEO, Lori Boyer, is welcoming the city council committee's look at her agency and the pace of downtown development.

Jacksonville’s downtown could be heading in a new direction soon — literally.

The Trio is a group of historic buildings in downtown Jacksonville that a developer wants to turn into a hotel, restaurant and apartments.

After years of promises and debate, residents could finally start seeing work begin on the old Jacksonville Landing site. A new park will eventually be built on what is now called Riverfront Plaza.

The Downtown Investment Authority (DIA) met on Thursday to talk about how much more money could be needed for projects on both the Northbank and the Southbank, including the area known as the Shipyards and the former home of the Jacksonville Landing, now called Riverfront Plaza.

The USS Orleck has three months to relocate from its current spot at the Hyatt Regency, according to our reporting partners at the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Negotiations are underway.

A spokesperson for the Museum of Science and History has confirmed to News4Jax that the Downtown Investment Authority has approved a plan to move MOSH to the Jacksonville Shipyards.

Some investors are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into making the River City’s Urban Core district more appealing to locals and tourists alike.

A Jacksonville developer on Tuesday laid out a plan to redevelop a large swath of the Northbank in a project expected to cost at least $1.1 billion.

ROME Italys anti-Mafia investigators issued a warning Friday that mobsters will try to get some of hundreds of billions of euros in European Union recovery aid after the pandemic. Hundreds of billions (of euros) will pour into Europe and Italy, and at this point, the Mafia won't stand around and watch,'' Governale said. In past decades, Italy's several crime syndicates have often used intimidation or connivance or kickbacks to win public works contracts in the country. In particular the ndrangheta, considered Italys most powerful crime syndicate and a major criminal organization in much of Europe, is well positioned to go on a buying spree. The international economy will need liquidity, and in this, the ('ndrangheta) clans will go compete with the markets, needing substantial financial infusions, DIA's report said.